diff --git a/openerp/http.py b/openerp/http.py
index e1a70fa72c6..07100e7444c 100644
--- a/openerp/http.py
+++ b/openerp/http.py
@@ -1376,6 +1376,8 @@ def session_gc(session_store):
 mimetypes.add_type('application/font-woff', '.woff')
 mimetypes.add_type('application/vnd.ms-fontobject', '.eot')
 mimetypes.add_type('application/x-font-ttf', '.ttf')
+# Add potentially missing (detected on windows) svg mime types
+mimetypes.add_type('image/svg+xml', '.svg')
 
 class Response(werkzeug.wrappers.Response):
     """ Response object passed through controller route chain.